Nelson "Viola" Gabolwelwe - International Appearances


The outstanding Botswana player obtained 50 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 3- 9-1977
Country: Botswana
Caps:	50	(W16-D15-L19 – GF38-GA43 – %47.00)
Goals:	3
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 332 d    1- 8-1998 vs. Mozambique 0-0
Age Last Cap:    31 yr  38 d   11-10-2008 vs. Mozambique 0-1
National Team Career: 10 yr  71 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1    1- 8-98	Gaborone	Mozambique	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 2   16- 3-02	Gaborone	Namibia 	3-1	
 3   13-10-02	Kinshasa	Congo-Kinshasa	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 4   14-12-02	Gaborone	Zambia  	1-0	
 5    9- 3-03	Gaborone	Lesotho 	0-1	
 6   15- 3-03	Windhoek	Namibia 	1-0	COSAFA Cup
 7   30- 3-03	Tripoli 	Libya   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 8   16- 5-03	Maseru  	Lesotho 	2-1	
 9   24- 5-03	Gaborone	Malawi   	1-1 [1]	COSAFA Cup
10    7- 6-03	Gaborone	Libya   	0-1	African Cup Qual.
11   22- 6-03	Lobamba 	Swaziland	2-3	African Cup Qual.
12    5- 7-03	Gaborone	Congo-Kinshasa	0-0	African Cup Qual.
13    6- 9-03	Lobamba 	Swaziland	3-0	
14   11-10-03	Gaborone	Lesotho 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
15   16-11-03	Maseru  	Lesotho 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
16   29- 2-04	Maseru  	Lesotho  	0-0 [2]	COSAFA Cup
17   28- 4-04	Windhoek	Namibia 	0-0	
18    5- 6-04	Radès   	Tunisia 	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
19   19- 6-04	Gaborone	Malawi  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
20    3- 7-04	Gaborone	Morocco 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
21   18- 8-04	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	0-2	
22    5- 9-04	Conakry 	Guinea  	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
23   30- 9-04	Gaborone	Zambia  	1-0	
24    9-10-04	Gaborone	Kenya   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
25   16- 4-05	Windhoek	Namibia  	1-1 [3]	COSAFA Cup
26    1- 7-05	Gaborone	Congo-Kinshasa	0-0	
27    3- 9-05	Rabat   	Morocco 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
28   20- 5-06	Gaborone	Madagascar	2-0	COSAFA Cup
29   21- 5-06	Gaborone	South Africa 	0-0 [4]	COSAFA Cup
30   19- 8-06	Lusaka  	Zambia  	0-1	COSAFA Cup
31   15-11-06	Gaborone	Swaziland	1-0	
32    6- 2-07	Gaborone	Namibia 	1-0	
33   25- 3-07	Gaborone	Burundi 	1-0	African Cup Qual.
34   27- 5-07	Gaborone	Libya   	0-0	
35    3- 6-07	Kigali  	Burundi 	0-1	African Cup Qual.
36   21- 7-07	Orapa   	Zambia   	0-0 [5]	Independence Cup
37   28- 7-07	Gaborone	Namibia 	1-0	COSAFA Cup
38   29- 7-07	Gaborone	Angola   	0-0 [6]	COSAFA Cup
39   29- 9-07	Pretoria	South Africa	0-1	COSAFA Cup
40   13-10-07	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-1	African Cup Qual.
41   16- 1-08	Durban  	South Africa	1-2	
42    9- 2-08	Lobamba 	Swaziland	4-1	International Tourn.
43   26- 3-08	Gaborone	Zimbabwe	0-1	
44   31- 5-08	Gaborone	Madagascar	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
45    8- 6-08	Maputo  	Mozambique	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
46   14- 6-08	Gaborone	Ivory Coast	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
47   22- 6-08	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
48   27- 7-08	Secunda 	Mozambique	0-2	COSAFA Cup
49    7- 9-08	Antananarivo	Madagascar	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
50   11-10-08	Gaborone	Mozambique	0-1	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Botswana lost 1-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Botswana won 11-10 on penalty kicks.
[3] Botswana won 2-1 on penalty kicks.
[4] Botswana won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[5] Botswana won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[6] Botswana won 3-1 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    50    16   15   19    38-  43      47       47.00

Types of Matches
World Cup Qualifier	14
Friendlies		14
COSAFA Cup		11
African Cup Qualifier	 9
Other Tournaments	 2

Total 			50

Goals:	
Cap  2	1 goal
Cap 14	1 goal
Cap 19	1 goal

Total	3 goals


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